Response to the Landmine Threat in Bosnia: Hearing Before the Military Research and Development Subcommittee, Joint with the Military Procurement Subcommittee, of the Committee on National Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held January 24, 1996 |
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I will also want to cover the other threats besides mines that IFOR is looking at over there , so you have a sense of context , and then wrap up with a bottom - line assessment of how we see the threat , the mine threat to the IFOR ...
I will also want to cover the other threats besides mines that IFOR is looking at over there , so you have a sense of context , and then wrap up with a bottom - line assessment of how we see the threat , the mine threat to the IFOR ...
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At the same time , we are continually looking for more good ideas , anything we can obtain from any source to evaluate and possibly apply to the countermine problem . But not all ideas are good ones . We must not overwhelm the IFOR ...
At the same time , we are continually looking for more good ideas , anything we can obtain from any source to evaluate and possibly apply to the countermine problem . But not all ideas are good ones . We must not overwhelm the IFOR ...
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Let me begin by just generally asking you — my experience in looking at these kinds of situations goes back to Kuwait , when I was in the country a week after the liberation of Kuwait and the entire city was just loaded with mines and ...
Let me begin by just generally asking you — my experience in looking at these kinds of situations goes back to Kuwait , when I was in the country a week after the liberation of Kuwait and the entire city was just loaded with mines and ...
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So any single technology that is looking down at the ground may not solve the problem if it runs into a tripwire . Then we have the problem of climate and weather and soil . If we dealt with the homogenous mass of dirt , that would ...
So any single technology that is looking down at the ground may not solve the problem if it runs into a tripwire . Then we have the problem of climate and weather and soil . If we dealt with the homogenous mass of dirt , that would ...
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One of the things we are looking at in this context is some of the efforts we have going on in technology now to address the countermine problem . The ACTD's allow the war fighter and the user to evaluate military technology ...
One of the things we are looking at in this context is some of the efforts we have going on in technology now to address the countermine problem . The ACTD's allow the war fighter and the user to evaluate military technology ...
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Page 1 - The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 2:30 pm in room 2118, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Curt Weldon (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.
Page 29 - NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNTIL RELEASED BY THE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE INTRODUCTION Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the...